Helen Yates
Supporting people through change and challenge
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About Helen
Helen Yates is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship struggles. She also works with concerns such as addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and career worries. Helen accepts international clients and offers help in English.
With five years of experience and BACP accreditation, Helen uses a person-centred style as her core approach. She believes clients know their own stories and brings a respectful, non-judgemental stance to each meeting.
Background and approach
She draws on other therapies when that better meets someone’s needs. Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual. Helen aims to listen deeply, reflect what she hears and help people spot options they might not have seen.
Practical steps and simple skills are blended with space to talk about painful experiences. She works alongside people dealing with attachment and relationship patterns, ADHD, compassion fatigue and issues linked to adoption, foster care and abandonment. Helen also supports those managing long-term health challenges, body image concerns and aspects of sexuality and kink.
Clients who prefer an active, skills-based route may find elements of cognitive and behavioural approaches helpful. Where emotions feel overwhelming, techniques drawn from dialectical work can be used to build moment-to-moment coping. Helen tailors those choices with each person’s goals and preferences.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 5
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 396795
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Helen's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Helen works with
Everything Helen lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Helen lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Helen works online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape patterns now. It helps people understand and change how they relate to others, which can reduce repeated conflict and improve closeness.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Helen will discuss goals, try different ways of working and agree a plan together. That means therapy is a collaboration and can change as needs shift.
If you want online sessions, please check which formats Helen currently offers before booking since the biography did not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, save travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people choose times that suit work or caring commitments and can help keep momentum between sessions.
Questions and answers
What kinds of concerns does Helen help with?
Helen supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties, and also works with issues such as addiction, trauma, grief and intimacy-related problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her core style is person-centred, which means she listens without judgement and follows the client's pace. She adapts techniques from other approaches when they better fit a person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience working in counselling and related roles.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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